Friday, June 16, 2006

Forgive Me...........


90% of the people in our immediate family CAN'T STAND spiders(they don't bother me), but I couldn't help taking this picture!

Spiders must love damp rainy weather.................just in the past couple of days there are webs EVERYWHERE!

My Favorite.........MORNING GLORY


before the down pour.......

and after.............still pretty!

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

ya OILERS wow!

At home in Camrose

My latest photo shoot.......




Camrose is home to 12(that was the count last year) adult swans. I have to find the stories of these swans, it is quite interesting. The city has built a winter home for them(somewhere in town), and the rest of the time they are free to roam the city parks/golf course, to which they add much beauty!

Monday, June 12, 2006

Another E-mail funny..........

if the man(check out the face I am sure you will recognize him) gets stuck you can move him with the cursor.................
http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/georgie.htm

Friday, June 09, 2006

Alberta Rose



Growning right behind our backyard.

After the rain..........

Wow..........taking photo's of raindrops on flowers/leaves is harder than I thought.........here is what I have come up with after several attempts!

FOR A LARGER IMAGE CLICK ON THE PHOTO!















Tuesday, June 06, 2006

okay, I am now bordering on bragging!

this is such a cool picture.........love the image of the little worker on the stem of the peony.

CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE!

I've known for a long time that there are always ants around peonies. What I never knew was the the ants actually work to open the blooms............amazing little creatures they are!

it a BUZZIN' around the POPPIES!








Monday, June 05, 2006

tummy baby

I just love pictures of babies on their tummies, but I especially love these because this little monkey is such a TUMMY BABY!

sorry for ALL these pictures, I just can't help it! Ashley has loved being on her tummy almost from the day she was born..........for me that isn't so strange, ours were born in the day when babies were put on their tummies to sleep. Today of course that has all changed..........laying a baby on their tummy is a HUGE NO NO, especially for sleeping! If you put Miss Ashley on her back to sleep she would be awake in no time, turn her to her tummy, and she would sleep for hours. This was a huge dilemma for Mom and Dad, but in the end guess who won............yep, baby! Thanks to the Angel monitor Danica was able to get some releif, and eventually with the comfort of the monitor she was able to sleep without worry.

Even in these pictures you can see how much she loves being on her tummy, at six months old she can be in this position for a very long time without tiring, no small feat! She is very close to crawling, and can already get to were she needs to be(usually reaching for a toy)by rolling, and pulling herself along on her TUMMY!










Danica and her babes..........

Took these pictures during their visit last week. Danica was putting together a care package for Adam(hubby/dad, who is working away)and she wanted to include a couple of pictures, glad they turned out so nice!



Then we decided to take a couple of the three gals............trying to get two little ones to look the samy way, at the same time is quite a challange..........we will have to try again another time!




Pictures I took today(in our yard)............VERY HAPPY WITH THESE!!!!

I have to admit these were not taken with my point & shoot(little)digital............I have a new one! I am so happy to get this camera, it's a dream for me! It's the type I wanted when I purchased my 1st digital(2-1/2 years ago), but $$'s dictated a more modest model. Since then the price of digitals has come way down, and improved tons, very happy I waited! Daniel was generous enough to give me the go ahead to buy a new camera with his annual bonus. There is NOTHING he could buy me that I would make me happier, this is just the best!

I choose this particular camera because it is compatible with the lenses I already have for my film camera. I never realized how much I missed using my ZOOM's, and now being able to use them with a fast digital is HUGE for me..............love that type of photography!

Can you tell I LOVE IT? Thank you Daniel!